Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC)

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Some CSC Updates

By Dr. Timothy Choi, 6 June 2023 In the past few days, the RCN and PSPC have released some updates on the progress of CSC. On PSPC’s part, their annual […]

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Canadian F-35s…Finally

By Dr. Timothy Choi, 11 January 2023 On 9 January 2023, Minister of National Defence Anita Anand finally marked the end of the beginning of Canada’s “Future Fighter Capability Project” […]

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CSC Preliminary Design Review

By David Dunlop, 25 October 2022 There is a report in Breaking Defence from Lockheed Martin with regard to the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Canadian Surface Combatants. In […]

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AN/SPY-7(V)3

By David Dunlop, 18 June 2022 The Canadian Surface Combatant SPY-7 Radar has earned official government of Canada designation. Lockheed Martin’s advanced SPY-7 radar received its Government of Canada official […]

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Recent Canadian Defence Procurement News

By Dan Middlemiss, 6 June 2022 Notwithstanding Ottawa’s stated intention to focus more on Canadian defence, delivery schedules for several major procurement programs have not been accelerated as a result […]

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“The World is Growing Darker”

By David Dunlop, 11 May 2022 Here is a report from Global News on possible defence and foreign policy changes for Canada coming soon. Canada’s Defence Minister Anita Anand signalled changes […]

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CSC – ‘No Other Option’?

By Dan Middlemiss, 5 April 2022 In December 2021, defence analyst Richard Shimooka published a very intriguing study of the ongoing Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) procurement process.1 This publication has […]

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HMCS Halifax

Unprepared

By Dan Middlemiss, 7 March 2022 From the pervasive silence in this Forum about the Russian attack on the people and state of Ukraine, I wonder how many, like myself, […]

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New CSC Graphic

Ted Barnes, 5 March 2022 The government and RCN just released a new CSC graphic confirming 24 VLS vice 32 originally planned and the addition of the new mast accommodating […]

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Further CSC graphics

By David Dunlop, 18 January 2022 The Lockheed Martin Canada web page is showing a top-view of the CSC design (seen above). Recent computer graphics of the CSC frigate on the […]

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